The story of the salad that wasn’t…

Don’t worry, this is a short story that ends in a recipe. And, never fear: Not all salads are meant to be!

We begin with the imagined salad: Like many of you, I like to get creative (sometimes unintentionally) with my ingredients. So, when I saw a package of greens labelled “stir fry greens” I thought,”I’m sure I can make those into a salad!” I should preface this tale of salad woe with the fact that I “saw” the greens online at a favored online grocer. I should also share that I was mesmerized but unfamiliar with many of the package-listed greens. Lastly, I should let you know that I “like me some sales” and these greens were on sale. In two words: “Deal cinched!”

We move on to the salad re-imagined: A day later my groceries (and the greens) arrived, but when I opened the package I was immediately overwhelmed. The container was jam-packed (literally) with roughed up and rough-looking greens. Most of the them, while leafy, were tough-leaved, strong-flavored, and large/tough stemmed. YIKES. My salad-based vision went into retreat (although I haven’t completely tossed out the idea, because I like a challenge!) and a vision of steamed greens emerged.

So, here it is, recipe numero sei:

(fyi: don’t be overwhelmed by the extensive/odd list of greens! Surely you can steam and create successfully with one, several, or all of those listed)